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Penrith not getting funding

Posted by SuperEel 22 on June 4, 2015 at 12:17pm

I was informed this morning that Penrith Stadium will not receive funding to rebuild the ground.

Pepper Stadium was the main competitor to Parramatta to receive funding for an essential upgrade.

With Western Sydney growing at incredibly quick rate, a stadium with a capacity between 30-40,000 is seen as essential to keep up with the growing demand.

The Eels have passed 20,000 members for the second consecutive year and will have more members than their stadium can hold by the end of the 2015 season.

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  • Wile E. Coyote June 4, 2015 at 12:40pm
    Ha great strategy by directors to make sure our membership was good for the last two years
    Well done
    I used to like Penrith but not after the last game
    Grubby hypocritical whingers
    • Richard Jackson > Wile E. Coyote June 4, 2015 at 1:06pm

      That's extremely exciting news.

    • fishbulb > Wile E. Coyote June 4, 2015 at 1:51pm
      I think Richard may have written that using sarcastica font.
  • fishbulb June 4, 2015 at 1:04pm
    Hopefully this is another sign that a proper Parra Stadium upgrade will be funded. It's not over the line yet though...
    • SuperEel 22 > fishbulb June 4, 2015 at 2:03pm

      Expect an announcement regarding funding in two weeks.

  • The Badger June 4, 2015 at 1:44pm

    What? That Wile E. no longer likes Penrith. Not that exciting really.

  • eels_brad June 4, 2015 at 2:46pm
    We won't have more ticketed members than what will fit in our current stadium, but very hopeful the upgrade goes through
    • SuperEel 22 > eels_brad June 4, 2015 at 3:00pm

      Not ticketed but overall, we have 22,014 members and official capacity of Pirtek is listed at 21,487

  • Chris June 4, 2015 at 3:07pm
    I understand that at any home game only about 60% of our ticketed members attend. For some strange reason, the ground where most ticketed members attend is Homebush.
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